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公开(公告)号：US20200178121A1
公开(公告)日：2020-06-04
申请号：US16697976
申请日：2019-11-27
Applicant: Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
Inventor： Michael J. SIMON , Mark A. AITKEN
Abstract: The ATSC 3.0 physical layer broadcast standard is extended with new OFDM numerology, L1 signaling and frame structure aligned with 5G. This is done to enable improved broadcast mobility and convergence 5G release 16 as a Non-3GPP access network. The 5G core network and Broadcast core network interwork over defined interfaces to enable convergence layer 3. This enables improvements of broadcast physical layer for physics of broadcast. The 5G unicast physical layer is enhanced for physics of unicast, and then both are converged at layer 3. This is novel and has many benefits compared to the legacy LTE broadcast method (e.g., Evolved Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Services (eMBMS)), which combines both broadcast and unicast into a single shared LTE frame at layer 1. The eMBMS method is then improved for dominate unicast mode in shared L1 frame. The result is the broadcast performance and efficiency in eMBMS are less than optimal.
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公开(公告)号：US20230337156A1
公开(公告)日：2023-10-19
申请号：US18164364
申请日：2023-02-03
Applicant: Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
Inventor： Michael J. SIMON , Mark A. AITKEN , Louis Herbert LIBIN
CPC classification number: H04W56/001 , H04W72/30
Abstract: Disclosed herein are method and apparatus for Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) 3.0 and non-ATSC 3.0 broadcast Direct to Mobile (D2M) co-exist aligned open radio access network (O-RAN). One aspect of this disclosure operates by generating a broadcast frame conforming to a first communications protocol, where the broadcast frame conforming to the first communication protocol includes a slice start (SS) portion. The embodiment further generates a broadcast virtual frame container including the broadcast frame conforming to the first communication protocol and a broadcast frame conforming to a second communication protocol, where the broadcast virtual frame container further includes a virtual frame start (VFS) portion, and transmits the broadcast virtual frame container.
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公开(公告)号：US20180062820A1
公开(公告)日：2018-03-01
申请号：US15679739
申请日：2017-08-17
Applicant: Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
Inventor： Michael J. SIMON
CPC classification number: H04L5/0083 , G06F17/142 , H03K19/01 , H04L5/0007 , H04L5/0044 , H04L5/0048 , H04L5/22 , H04L27/2666 , H04W76/15
Abstract: Apparatuses and methods are provided for generating, transmitting, receiving, and decoding one or more band segmented bootstrap signals and one or more corresponding partitioned post bootstrap signals. For example, a transmitter is configured to generate a first set of symbols and a second set of symbols, where the first set of symbols includes information about the second set of symbols. The transmitter is further configured to generate a third set of symbols and a fourth set of symbols, where the third set of symbols includes information about the fourth set of symbols. The transmitter is also configured to generate a data frame including the first, second, third, and fourth set of symbols. A bandwidth of the data frame includes a first segment and a second segment.
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公开(公告)号：US20250048400A1
公开(公告)日：2025-02-06
申请号：US18922722
申请日：2024-10-22
Applicant: Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
Inventor： Michael J. SIMON , Mark A. AITKEN , Ebenezer K. KOFI , Louis Herbert LIBIN
Abstract: A method disclosed includes receiving data from a plurality of data sources in a broadcast core network for transmission over a radio access network (RAN). The method includes assigning radio spectrum resources for transmitting the data over the RAN according to a policy guidance set by a plurality of network operators for sharing the radio spectrum resources and generating a baseband packet corresponding to the data at a distributed unit (DU) in the RAN. The method includes scheduling transmission of the generated baseband packet to a remote unit (RU) over a fronthaul in a radio topology of a plurality of radio topologies according to the policy guidance. The generated baseband packet is compatible for transmission in the plurality of radio technologies.
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公开(公告)号：US20220338164A1
公开(公告)日：2022-10-20
申请号：US17659692
申请日：2022-04-19
Applicant: Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
Inventor： Michael J. SIMON , Louis Herbert LIBIN , Mark A. AITKEN
IPC: H04W72/00 , H04W4/06 , H04N21/438 , H04N21/2383
Abstract: Some aspects of this disclosure are direct to a system that includes a first scheduler configured to receive an input packet and generate a first packet to be transmitted using a first radio unit (RU). The system further includes a second scheduler configured to receive the first packet from the first scheduler and generate a second packet. The second packet is to be transmitted using a second RU. The system further includes a first fronthaul operated using evolved Common Public Radio Interface (eCPRI) protocol and configured to direct the first packet to the first RU to be transmitted on a first channel having a first frequency. The system further includes a second fronthaul operated using the eCPRI protocol and configured to direct the second packet to the second RU to be transmitted on a second channel having a second frequency different from the first frequency.
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公开(公告)号：US20200014522A1
公开(公告)日：2020-01-09
申请号：US16577958
申请日：2019-09-20
Applicant: Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
Inventor： Michael J. SIMON
Abstract: An apparatus and a method are provided for generating and transmitting one or more band segmented bootstrap signals. For example, a transmitter may be configured to generate a plurality of sequence numbers and apply cyclic shift to each of the plurality of sequence number. The transmitter is further configured to map each of the shifted sequence numbers to at least one frequency domain subcarrier of a plurality of frequency domain subcarriers, and translate each subcarrier of the plurality of subcarriers to a time domain sequence. Each subcarrier of the plurality of subcarriers may be shifted with respect to other subcarriers of the plurality of subcarriers, thereby aligning each segment of the band segmented bootstrap signals next to each other in the frequency domain.
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7.发明申请公开(公告)号：US20190268777A1
公开(公告)日：2019-08-29
申请号：US16286119
申请日：2019-02-26
Applicant: Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
Inventor： Michael J. SIMON , Mark A. AITKEN , Ebenezer K. KOFI
IPC: H04W16/14 , H04W16/10 , H04W72/00 , H04W28/24 , H04L12/715
Abstract: Wireless system architectures worldwide are undergoing a paradigm shift today. This, by adopting new technology and wireless system architectures based on Software Defined Network (SDN) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV) that are being instantiated using IT cloud computing methods. The 3 GPP is defining a new 5G radio and 5G core network in release 16 based on a cloud native system architecture. Herein, a new next generation multi-channel-tenant virtualized broadcast platform using SDN/NFV is disclosed using ATSC 3.0 standards A/321, A/322 as a baseline.
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公开(公告)号：US20160269980A1
公开(公告)日：2016-09-15
申请号：US15065427
申请日：2016-03-09
Applicant: SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC.
Inventor： Michael J. SIMON , Kevin A. SHELBY , Mark EARNSHAW , Sandeep Mavuduru KANNAPPA
CPC classification number: H04L27/2663 , H04J13/0022 , H04J13/0059 , H04J13/107 , H04L27/2613 , H04L27/2692
Abstract: An extensible communication system is described herein. The system includes a first module for receiving a root index value and for generating a constant amplitude zero auto-correlation sequence based on the root value. The system further includes a second module for receiving a seed value and for generating a Pseudo-Noise sequence based on the seed value. The system further includes a third module for modulating the constant amplitude zero auto-correlation sequence by the Pseudo-Noise sequence and for generating a complex sequence. The system further includes a fourth module for translating the complex sequence to a time domain sequence, wherein the fourth module applies a cyclic shift to the time domain sequence to obtain a shifted time domain sequence.
Abstract translation: 本文描述了可扩展通信系统。 该系统包括用于接收根指数值并基于根值产生恒幅零自相关序列的第一模块。 该系统还包括用于接收种子值并用于基于种子值产生伪噪声序列的第二模块。 该系统还包括用于通过伪噪声序列调制恒幅零自相关序列并用于产生复数序列的第三模块。 所述系统还包括用于将所述复杂序列翻译为时域序列的第四模块，其中所述第四模块对所述时域序列应用循环移位以获得移位的时域序列。
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公开(公告)号：US20220070042A1
公开(公告)日：2022-03-03
申请号：US17459274
申请日：2021-08-27
Applicant: Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
Inventor： Michael J. SIMON , Mark A. AITKEN , Ebenezer K. KOFI , Louis Herbert LIBIN
Abstract: According to some embodiments, a method includes selecting a length for an advanced television system committee (ATSC) 3.0 frame for transmission by a single frequency network (SFN) transmitter and aligning the SFN transmitter with a global positioning system (GPS) epoch. The method further includes storing geographical coordinates of the SFN transmitter and a corresponding SFN transmitter identification (TX ID) in a database. The method also includes encoding the SFN TX ID in a non-coherent symbol of a plurality of positioning navigation timing (PNT) symbols comprising a plurality of coherent symbols and the non-coherent symbol with orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) numerology to support positioning. The method further includes prepending the plurality of PNT symbols to the ATSC 3.0 frame to generate a modified ATSC 3.0 frame and transmitting the modified ATSC 3.0 using a SFN transmitter antenna of the SFN transmitter.
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10.发明申请公开(公告)号：US20200022100A1
公开(公告)日：2020-01-16
申请号：US16036570
申请日：2018-07-16
Applicant: Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
Inventor： Michael J. SIMON
Abstract: Systems and methods for one-way time transfer using physical layer signaling are disclosed herein. According to some examples, a method includes generating timing information based on a clock of a transmitting device, where the timing information comprises a timestamp and metadata. The method further includes generating a preamble of a frame, where the preamble includes the timestamp and the metadata of the timing information. The method also includes forming a frame, where the frame comprises a bootstrap, the preamble, and a payload, and transmitting the frame to a receiver device. The one-way time transfer systems and methods of this disclosure can serve mobile devices that entail quick and reliable establishment of a clock.
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